Legendary Harlem Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon, who was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003, died Sunday due to unknown causes. According to CNN.com Lemon played with the team for more than 24 years, participating in over 16,000 games, in more than 100 countries.
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“We have lost a great ambassador of the game”, Globetrotters chief executive Kurt Schneider said in a statement.
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A million shots later, after graduating from milk can to tennis ball, the Wilmington boy born Meadow George Lemon flourished into one of the world’s finest players, talented enough to hit hook shots from halfcourt, charming enough to entertain popes and presidents.
The Globetrotters regularly appeared on TV on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and other variety shows in those days, and Lemon’s cartoon likeness later was featured on the animated “Scooby Doo“.
“Meadowlark inspired me to play for a long time”, Hall of Famer and Celtics great Robert Parish said.
“My destiny was to make people happy”, he said as he was inducted into the basketball hall in 2003.
Indeed, in the middle of the 20th century, the Globetrotters were more than a novelty act.
Lemon never played in the National Basketball Association.
Playing against the team’s nightly foil, the Washington Generals, Lemon left fans in awe with an array of hook shots, no-look passes and the nifty moves he put on display during the Globetrotters’ famous circle while “Sweet Georgia Brown” played over the loudspeaker.
Later, the Globetrotters shared a video of clips featuring Lemon dazzling and entertaining fans on the court, mugging for the cameras, and teasing referees.
Jesse Helms and Meadowlark Lemon were both native North Carolinians, as the inscription on the photo indicates, and what the hell, isn’t this a testament to Meadowlark’s ability to soften even the hardest hearts? “Off the court I knew him as a serious speaker, an analyst, a deep thinker, a gentle-but-strong man and a thoughtful human being who always cared deeply about what he was and what had been given to him”, he added.
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Lemon is survived by his wife, Cynthia, and 10 children.
